Cardinal of Lorraine

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The Cardinal of Lorraine was a powerful 16th-century French prelate and statesman from the influential House of Guise, prominent in both religious affairs and court politics during the French Wars of Religion.

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Label Occurrences
Cardinal of Lorraine canonical 2
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
French statesman
Roman Catholic archbishop
human
activeIn Catholic Church reform and diplomacy
French court politics
appointedCardinalBy Pope Paul III
associatedWithEvent Massacre of Vassy
attended Council of Trent
birthDate 1524-02-17
birthPlace Joinville, Champagne, Kingdom of France
burialPlace Reims Cathedral
cardinalateStart 1547
closeAdvisorTo Catherine de’ Medici
surface form: Catherine de' Medici

Francis II of France
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 1574-12-26
deathPlace Avignon
surface form: Avignon, Papal States
educatedAt University of Bologna
Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
endTimeAsArchbishopOfReims 1574
endTimeAsBishopOfMetz 1551
era 16th century
familyName de Lorraine
father Claude, Duke of Guise
givenName Charles
languageSpoken French
Latin
memberOf House of Guise
House of Lorraine
mother Antoinette de Bourbon
name Charles de Lorraine
nobleTitle Prince of the House of Lorraine
notableFor influence over the French monarchy during the reign of Francis II
leading Catholic figure in the French Wars of Religion
opposition to French Protestant Huguenots
participatedIn Council of Trent
French Wars of Religion
politicalAlignment ultra-Catholic faction at the French court
positionHeld Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims
surface form: Archbishop of Reims

Bishop of Metz
Cardinal
French royal councillor
chief minister of France
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInCouncilOfTrent defender of Catholic doctrine against Protestant reforms
sibling Francis, Duke of Guise
Mary of Guise
startTimeAsArchbishopOfReims 1538
startTimeAsBishopOfMetz 1550

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Description of subject: The Cardinal of Lorraine was a powerful 16th-century French prelate and statesman from the influential House of Guise, prominent in both religious affairs and court politics during the French Wars of Religion.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Guise titleHeld Cardinal of Lorraine
House of Guise notableMember Cardinal of Lorraine
this entity surface form: Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine title Cardinal of Lorraine